Patents Assigned to 80 ACRES URBAN AGRICULTURE, INC.
  • Publication number: 20240095652
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable media for optimizing indoor farming operations are provided, including the optimization of mixing and/or packaging a plurality of different harvested plant types for a plurality of different finished perishable good types, and/or the optimization of shipping a plurality of different packaged finished perishable goods to a plurality of different customers. Some finished perishable goods are a mix of two or more plant types, and some finished goods require overlapping plant types, and the optimization of a mix percentage of the two or more plant types is also provided. Systems, methods and computer-readable media for optimizing the respective time that seeds for each of a plurality of different plant species will be planted in an indoor farm facility in order to control a timing of unloading the plant species from two or more grow lanes in a grow-out zone of the facility are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: 80 Acres Urban Agriculture, Inc.
    Inventors: Natalia Connolly, Kevin Bishop
  • Patent number: 11672209
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a module and system for indoor farming. In some embodiments, an indoor farming module includes a container compartment divided into a grow zone and a control zone, wherein a grow zone comprises a chassis with a plurality of horizontal and vertical frame members configured to support a plurality of carts each carrying a tray with a plurality of plants and wherein the control zone includes an air blowing unit integrated so as to direct air between a drop ceiling and a structural ceiling of the indoor farming module and an air conditioning unit configured to condition an atmosphere in the grow zone by producing cool dry air that is blown into a plenum space located between the drop ceiling and a structural ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: 80 ACRES URBAN AGRICULTURE INC.
    Inventors: Tracy Alan Canipe, Michael Zelkind, Patricia Livingston
  • Patent number: 11638402
    Abstract: A method for receiving, over a computer network, from a plurality of devices installed in an indoor farming module, a plurality of data associated with at least one of: a water level in a watering reservoir, a pH level in an irrigation system, a temperature in the indoor farming module, a humidity level in the indoor farming module, a carbon dioxide level in the indoor farming module, and a power relay status, filtering the received plurality of data on a remote computer based on a filtering field, displaying, in a plurality of panels, the filtered data received from the plurality of devices; configuring a plurality of schedules for the plurality of devices, wherein the plurality of schedules comprise at least one of an irrigation schedule, a lighting schedule, and a data collection schedule, and sending the configured plurality of schedules to one or more controllers of the indoor farming module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: 80 ACRES URBAN AGRICULTURE INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Portello, Michael Zelkind, Patricia Livingston
  • Publication number: 20220167565
    Abstract: A method for receiving, over a computer network, from a plurality of devices installed in an indoor farming module, a plurality of data associated with at least one of: a water level in a watering reservoir, a pH level in an irrigation system, a temperature in the indoor farming module, a humidity level in the indoor farming module, a carbon dioxide level in the indoor farming module, and a power relay status, filtering the received plurality of data on a remote computer based on a filtering field, displaying, in a plurality of panels, the filtered data received from the plurality of devices; configuring a plurality of schedules for the plurality of devices, wherein the plurality of schedules comprise at least one of an irrigation schedule, a lighting schedule, and a data collection schedule, and sending the configured plurality of schedules to one or more controllers of the indoor farming module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: 80 ACRES URBAN AGRICULTURE, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Michael PORTELLO, Michael ZELKIND, Patricia LIVINGSTON